Belt and garment holder



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' P O BRUWN BELT AND GARMENT HOLDER.

No. 558,771. PatentedApr. 21, 1896i.

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BELT AN D GARNI ENT HO LDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,771, dated April21, 1896. Application filed September 12, 1895- Serial No. 562,256. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK O. BROWN, of Beverly, county of Essex, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Belt and GarmentHolders, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompa? nyin g drawings, is a specification, like letters on thedrawings representing like parts.

The present invention relates to a belt and garment holder and isembodied in a holder adapted to retain the back of the belt in placeover the meeting-line of the skirt and waist, the object being toprevent the belt from slipping and exposing the skirt-bindin g, and alsoto prevent the skirt from sagging or drawing apart from the waist.

The holder embodying the invention has a fiat or thin body of metal orother suitable material, the main portion of which is preferably equalto or slightly less in width than the width of the belt with which it isto be used, and has a pair or pairs of transverse slots extending fromone side to the other thereof, the bar or bars of material between thesaid slots thus covering and confining the outer surface of the belt,when the said belt is passed in and out through the said slots, the beltwhen in use overlying the main portion of the holder, which is between'the belt and the dress of the wearer, while the bars traverse the outeror exposed surface of the belt. .l

Along the inner surface of the holder, at or near the upper and loweredges thereof, are rows of teeth or spurs projecting inwardand downwardfrom the upper edge and inward and upward from the lower edge,.and thusbeing adapted to engage the waist and skirt, respectively, so that theholder fastens together the waist and skirt and is itself prevented fromslipping, while the belt ispretained therein by the metal straps.

The terms inner7 and outer and upper and lower designate the relation ofthe device to the person of the wearer.

Figure lis a perspective View of the inner surface of the holder, andFig. 2 is a view of the belt an d holder when applied for use.

The holder a consists of an elongated piece of sheet metal or othersuitable material provided at or near its upper and lower edges withteeth a2, projecting downward and upward, respectively, or toward themiddle of the holder, which is sufficiently wide to span themeeting-line of the waist and skirt, but

preferably somewhat less in width than a belt of ordinary size, so as tobe mainly hidden thereby when in use, as shown in Fig. 2. To secure thebelt to the holder, the latter is provided with transverse slots a,there being, preferably, as shown, two pairs of such slots,

so that when the belt is passed into one slot i and out through theother it will be retained in place by the bars a4, as indicated in Fig.2. In order th at the slots may be sufficiently long to allow the beltto pass readily through them under the bars, that portion of the holderin which the slots are cutis somewhat enlarged, as shown as a5, and theedge of the enlarged portion is preferably curved, as shown, so as topresent a pleasing appearance.

Vhen the beltholder is in use, therefore, the teeth a2 on the upper andlower edges thereof engage the garments and fasten them in properrelation to one another, and at the same time prevent the said holderfrom slipping out of position, so that the belt cannot work up or down,while the only part of the holder which is visible is the small portionof the edges where the slots are cut and the two bars formed by saidslots, the device thus being inconspicuous but ornamental in appearance. The holder may be made from sheet metal by the usualV process ofcutting and bending, a portion of the main part of the blank also beingpreferably cut out, as shown at a, to lighten the holder and improve theappearance thereof. In line with the edges and in that portion of theblank between the two pairs of slots when the device is cnn` structed inthe form shown in the accompanying drawings angular incisions areformed, as shown at a7, the metal points thus formed afterward beingturned over to form additional teeth.

As an article of manufacture a belt and garment holder composed of afiat body adapted to extend along the inner surface of the belt andhaving inwardlyprojecting teeth on opposite edges thereof and transverseslots through which the belt is adapted to be passed, substantially asdescribed.

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In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK O. BROIVN. "Witnesses I-I. J. LIvnRMoRn, das. J. MALONEY.

